Puerto Rico is a modern eurogame that combines strategy and tactics about building an effective plantation in San Juan. (34:29) Puerto Rico is one of the top-ranked games at BoardGameGeek and is one of my favorite games. That said, it is a medium-complexity game that offers a new player a large number of choices. Puerto [...]
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BGWS 043 – Reef Encounter
Reef Encounter is a medium-weight strategy game about coral reef combat and hungry parrotfish. (37:06) Welcome! It’s been a while, but I’m getting settled in after my move, and am ready to start up again. This episode is about Reef Encounter and features clips from an interview that I did with the designer, Richard Breese, [...]
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WORD-FM Segment
On Tuesday, Nov. 27th, I was on WORD-FM, talking about Board Games. You can get the MP3 file directly or listen to the segment at http://www.archive.org/details/Word-fmSegment-BoardGameRecommendations-November2007 If you are visiting here because you heard me on WORD-FM, welcome! Here are videos about the games I discussed on the show: Wits and Wagers – http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=53 GiftTRAP [...]
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BoardGameGeek Guild
In case you are interested, I’ve started a BoardGameGeek Guild about Board Games with Scott. This is where I’ll talk about what I’m up to, what games I have planned to make videos about, and offer forums for other chit-chat about the show. You will need a BGG account to join, and then you can [...]
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More house delays
As it always seems to go, everything takes longer than it should. You would think in this time of a housing slump, there would be so little work that those involved with houses would be eager to work! We own the house, but are still waiting on some big repairs before we can start moving [...]
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BGWS 037 – Rum & Pirates
Rum & Pirates is a family strategy game about collecting honor points through strategic placement of scarce resources. (16:38) In Rum & Pirates, players control a group a pirates. On your turn, you control the movement of your pirate leader, following along with members of your group. Based upon where the leader goes, you can [...]
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New BGWS episodes
Greetings! I have good news, more good news, bad news, good news, and a request. The good news: This semester, I’ve been promoted at work to Program Director of the Masters of Science in Library and Information Science program, which is an administrative position where I plan courses, marketing, find adjuncts, and basically run that [...]
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BGWS 034 – Wits & Wagers
Wits & Wagers is a party game that combines trivia, knowledge of other players, and gambling. (10:46) This week on Board Games with Scott, host Scott Nicholson discusses Wits & Wagers. This is a party game with a game show feel. Players attempt to guess the answer to numerical questions without going over, and then [...]
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BGWS 030 – Ad Acta with designer Andrea Meyer
Ad Acta is a game about being a civil servant involving card and queue management and a good dose of humor. (25:20) This week on Board Games with Scott, designer Andrea Meyer joins Scott Nicholson to talk about her game, Ad Acta. This game takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to civil servitude as players attempt to [...]
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BGWS 027 – Tahuantinsuyu with Alan Ernstein
Tahuantinsuyu is a medium-weight strategy game where players build roads, cities, and temples in a historical setting based on the Inca empire. (27:22) This week on Board Games with Scott, game designer and publisher Alan Ernstein joins me to talk about his game, Tahuantinsuyu. This game is set in the Inca empire and many of [...]
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